Reviews:
"One of the greatest musical works of our time." - Pathways
"The Mozart Requiem of the New Age ...an exciting and powerful musical experience." - Audio Amateur
"A landmark recording in the New Age genre." - Digital Audio
"One of the finest pieces of contemporary sacred spacemusic we know." - NA Media
"The first New Age album to give this writer goosebumps. Don't miss it. "
- Lee Underwood -
Pulse! Magazine
"One of the great works which will take us into the 21st century with power and grace."- New Dimensions
"There is no other recording in the electronic genre rooted in the harmonies of Bach and the romantics that is so heartfelt, so devout...you will be moved "- USA Today
"Awesome passages, majestic melodies, vibrant chorales - this is cosmic space music at its very best."- Common Ground
"The standard for the use of electronics against which future New Age albums should be judged. " - New Sounds (Harper & Row)
VOTED -- "Editor's Choice" - Third Annual Digital Audio
VOTED --" Top 50 definitive CD New Age Library" - CD Review
VOTED -- "One of the 10 best albums of the decade. " - New Age Category, Pulse! Magazine
"...Compels your attention, demands your participation with it. Demby delivers a genuinely moving performance. " - Magical Blend Magazine
"A powerful, emotive, uplifting symphony capable of moving the heart and soul Novus Magnificat sets exceptionally high standards for the artistic use of electronics, space, and classical elements in contemporary music. " - Digital Audio
"When we played [Novus] on our radio show, more people responded with appreciation than for any other music we have ever played " - Enlightenments
Listener Response:
"....You must know how words can utterly fail you when something unspeakably beautiful touches your senses: Novus was an utterly mind-boggling work that left me breathless." D. Vencill
"..Dear Hearts of Space, Constance Demby is the Queen, and NOVUS MAGNIFICAT is the jewel in the crown of the symphonic synthesizer space genre." P. Becker
"...It's haunting, scary, beautiful, terrifying, awesome, intimate, spectacular; the way it makes me feel, the things I think about, the times I remember, the things I look forward to. Is this music real? It is the most incredible piece of music I have ever heard." S. Lazur
"....Sometimes I think this music is magic. I played NOVUS MAGNIFICAT a few weeks ago on WUWF , and got a tremendous response. One gruff sounding gentleman called to tell me that even though he thought of himself as "a macho sort of guy," Contance Demby's music brought tears to his eyes." L. Kohanov
"....The sheer scale, richness and depth of the piece is truly MAGNIFICENT. The first side brings to mind Brahms at the level of the divine, and the second, Bach-Handel-Mozart and the rest of the classicists in heaven. The piece is powerful, heartfelt, touching and tough. I admire Constance for her willingess to depart from the emotional safety of the paradisical into the almost threateningly awesome. Her genius is to hold to the compassion and inspiration through those places so that the portrayal of divine power is always imbued with a quality of redemption and purification. That is a feat which requires direct experience of the truth of the matter. A truth which very few compoasers have known or have the skill to portray. " D. Hallock
"......I tried consciously to connect with my Higher Self during the first listening of NOVUS, and it worked! It was the most touching, overwhelming, meditational experience I have ever had...! " Lisa
"....Truly the Magnificat is a power beyond words, and music beyond known realms of music. I have never experienced anything quite like it." M. Larits
"....."Beautiful music, Beau-oootiful music" my friend murmured listening to your work, as he lay in a hospital bed, blinded by the AIDS that soon thereafter claimed his body. He listened to it again and again that afternoon, and I know it was a profoundly comforting experience for him. I've never before owned any recorded music that so entered the fabric of my life. " J. Parker
."..You have brought us to new heights together. We have attained a new vision of the world and a more intense awareness of what is really true and important in this world. Thanks to your exceptional, unique music, we will keep sending positive waves through space for a better world. " D. and R. Tardif
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